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Joint Event on
OF EXCELLENCE
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MEETINGS
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CHROMATOGRAPHY AND SEPARATION SCIENCE
World Congress on
SATELLITE AND SPACE MISSIONS
International Conference and Exhibition on
Chromatography 2018 & Satellite 2018 Journal of Chemical Technology and Applications| Volume 2
Thomas Drake Miyano, J Chem Tech App 2018, Volume 2
MOON-BASED PLANETARY DEFENSE
CAMPAIGN
Thomas Drake Miyano
Draconis Aerospace Limited Liability Company, USA
The Moon is an ideal location to launch intercepting missions to life-threat-
ening and catastrophic asteroids. The effectiveness of the interception
greatly depends on the weight of the spacecraft. Unfortunately, interceptors
launched from the Earth lose more than 98% of their weight by burning the
majority of their onboard fuel and by jettisoning their lower stage structures
before entering a heliocentric orbit. However, if interceptors are launched
from the Moon by a lunar surface accelerator, they can enter a heliocentric
orbit without consuming any onboard fuel or jettisoning any part of the space-
craft. A 5-ton construction package, which consists of robots and industrial
production equipment, would enable mining on the moon and construction of
a 3.5 km-long, 5,000-ton accelerator.
Large asteroid impacts have and will inevitably occur, and it is important to
be prepared to avoid catastrophes, but they may not happen immediately or
even within the next fifty years. The future planetary defense systemmust be
a dual-use system, which continuously provides a secondary benefit to justify
its operation and maintenance costs. When it is not defending the planet, the
Lunar Electromagnetic Interceptor Launch System (LEILAS) can send over
a thousand tons of construction material and fuel annually to the Low Earth
Orbit (LEO) or Earth-Moon Lagrange Point Two (EML-2) to build space sta-
tions and to construct large spacecraft for deep space missions. The paper
has been published via Journal of Space Safety Engineering and available via
Thomas Drake Miyano has completed his Masters of
Aerospace Engineering Degree from the Ohio State Uni-
versity, USA, and received additional education In space
systems operation from the Naval Postgraduate School.
He is the officer in charge of CFWP Det AIMD Iwakuni,
commands 140 personnel and direct intermediate Lev-
el aerospace maintenance for Carrier Air Wing Five. He
is a member of the department of Defense’s acquisition
professional community and certified in the field engi-
neering, manufacturing, contracting and program man-
agement.
BIOGRAPHY